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	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658 – October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France.
		Born at Les Laumets in the hamlet of St. Nicolas de la Grave, in Gascony, he arrived in 1683 at Port-Royal, Acadia, where Governor Frontenac made him a lieutenant and later a captain.
		Cadillac's name lives on in General Motors' luxury Cadillac automotive line, the town of Cadillac, Michigan, and in Cadillac Mountain on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antoine_de_la_Mothe_Cadillac (430 words)

	Personalities of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
		Cadillac arrives at Mobile and it is not long until the same traits of character that had involved him in trouble in Detroit began to manifest themselves in Louisiana.
		Cadillac soon grows jealous of Bienville's popularity and sends him on an expedition against the Natchez Indians, who had murdered some Frenchmen near their village (now Natchez, Miss.) By arbitrary actions Cadillac alienates the Indian tribes with whom Bienville had established friendly relations.
		Cadillac's notion of government is to have a large and well disciplined army so he could command the respect of the inhabitants and the Indians by force.
	www.enlou.com /people/cadillaca-bio.htm (424 words)

	History Detroit 1701-2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Antoine Laumet was born on March 5, 1658 in St. Nicholas de la Grave in Gascony, France (some sources say Department of Tarn and Garonne in place of Gascony).
		In 1717, (?) de la Epinay succeeded cadillac as Governor of the French Province of Louisiana.
		In August of 1722, Cadillac was granted the position of governor of Castelsarrasin near the town of his birth, the appointment was made official on December 11, 1722..
	www.historydetroit.com /people/antoine_cadillac.asp (1146 words)

	History
		Cadillac was incorporated as a city in 1877, taking its name from Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, an early Michigan explorer and founder of Detroit.
		Cadillac was one of the few non-river lumbering communities that grew and prospered.
		In 1936, the Cadillac Area Chamber’s new directions led to forming a partnership with the Forest Service and the CCC for the creation of the Caberfae Ski Area and led to promotion of the area as a tourist center.
	www.cadillac.org /discover/history.htm (544 words)

	City of Cadillac, Michigan - History of Cadillac and Northwest Lower Michigan
		Cadillac was incorporated as a city in 1877, after its settlement as a logging community.
		The Shay Locomotive was invented in Cadillac by Ephriam Shay in 1878.
		Cadillac previously was known as the Village of Clam Lake.
	www.cadillac-mi.net /profile_history.php (311 words)

	Encyclopedia: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
		Antoine Laumet, dit de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac (March 5, 1658-October 15, 1730), a French explorer, was a colourful figure in the history of New France.
		He moved to Quebec in 1691 and was commissioned in the Troupes de la Marine.
		Cadillac, Michigan, a town in Northern Michigan is named for him.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Antoine-de-la-Mothe-Cadillac (251 words)

	Louisiana Documents: Treaties
		On March 13, 1713, the frigate Baron de la Fosse arrived at Mobile, having on board Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, whom Crozat had appointed governor-general, M. Duclos, intendant, M. Le Bas, comptroller of the finances, 25 young women from Brittany, and a number of other passengers, among whom were the governor's family.
		Under these orders it was perhaps only natural that Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac should assume a dictatorial attitude, and when later he was urged to give encouragement to agriculture he wrote to the ministry: 'Give the colonists as much land as they please.
		In the meantime the friction between Bienville and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and their adherents had increased to such an extent that the governor could not rely on any expedition he sent out.
	www.enlou.com /documents/treaties.htm (1316 words)

	Fort Detroit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit was a fort established by the French officer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac in 1701.
		Before he built Fort Detroit, Cadillac was commandant of Fort de Buade, another French outpost in North America, de Buade was abandoned in1697 due to conflicts with religious leaders over the trading of alcohol to the Native Americans.
		Cadillac then persuaded his superiors to let him build a new settlement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Detroit (505 words)

	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac (1658-1730).
		Cadillac was born at St. Nicolas de la Grave, France.
		Likely through the offices of the Guyon family, Cadillac was to secure a seigneury (a grant of land) on the Douaguek River (Union River, State of Maine); and, he and Marie-Thérèse relocated back to Acadia.
		It was a common occurrence, during the days when it was not quick or easy to check stories, for young men of European birth on coming to America, in an effort to establish good connections to the authorities in the new world to boast of their special connections back in the old world.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/BiosNS/1700-63/Cadillac.htm (821 words)

	Genealogy Template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		According to Cadillac's marriage certificate, his father was a member of the Toulouse Parliament and his mother was descended from the aristocratic Malenfant family.
		Cadillac described himself on the marriage certificate as a 26-year-old esquire, his father a titled councillor at the celebrated Parliament of Toulouse, his mother from the high-born family named Malenfant.
		Cadillac was closer to 30, and a commoner.
	www.laferriere.us /Hold/DetroitMichiganTies.htm (273 words)

	Despite local history lessons, city's founder was no hero [Free Republic]
		Cadillac is considered to have been a failure there as a military leader, but he succeeded wildly as a fur merchant by "selling unlimited quantities of brandy to the Indians...and by fleecing the coueurs de bois" who transported the furs, according to historian Yves Zoltvany.
		Cadillac was forced to make regular trips to Quebec to fight a private company over control of the fur trade in Detroit and charges that he was abusing his trust.
		Cadillac "was generally hated by French and Indians alike." Cadillac also was a greedy despot who extorted money from tradesmen and lied to Paris about the number of acres under cultivation and the number of inhabitants at the outpost, wrote d'Aigremont.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a397c67d3261c.htm (1936 words)

	Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Antoine Laumet was born on March 5, 1658, in the Gascony region of France.
		Settled by lumbermen in the 1860s and incorporated in 1875 as the village of Clam Lake, it was renamed at its incorporation as a city in 1877 for the founder of Detroit, Antoine de La Mothe...
		It was founded in 1701 by a French trader, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who built a fort on the river and named it Fort-Pontchartrain-du-Détroit in honour of his patron (the French word détroit meaning “strait”); later the...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9273439?tocId=9273439 (883 words)

	Cruising the Canal du Midi of Southern France on the passenger Barge, Rosa
		Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac (our Mississippi River connection) was born near the Canal du Midi, in the town of St-Nicolas de la Grave.
		Cadillac worked under Governor Louis de Frontenac from 1701 'til 1713 when jealous administrators persuaded King Louis XIV that Cadillac needed greater responsibilities and ought to be transferred to the Louisiana Territory.
		Cadillac was born near the Canal du Midi, in the town of St-Nicolas de la Grave.
	www.greatriver.com /waterwaycruises/peniche.htm (863 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: Landing of Cadillac
		After departing Montreal June 5, 1701 Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and his convoy of seventy-five canoes sailed down this river and on the evening of July 23 camped sixteen miles below the present city of Detroit on what is now Grosse Ile.
		On the morning of July 24, Cadillac returned upriver and reached a spot on the shore near the present intersection of West Jefferson and Shelby.
		Séduit par la valeur stratégique du lieu qui dominait de quarante pieds le niveau de la rivière, Cadillac débarqua et planta le drapeau français prenant ainsi possession du territoire au nom du Roi Louis XIV.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/S0515.htm (351 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Antoine de Lamothe, Sieur de Cadillac
		Sent to Acadia in 1683 he served in the Port Royal garrison, studied the conditions of the English colonies, and in 1689 proposed the conquest of New York and Boston.
		In this last office he distinguished himself by his skill in controlling the savages of the West who threatened to unite with the Iriquois; but he likewise took advantage of his position to carry on illegal traffic, and quarraled with the Jesuits who endeavoured to prevent his abuses in the brandy traffic.
		Cadillac was shrewd and far-seeing, and would have been capable of great things had not his career been blighted by a caustic temperament and an insatiable desire for gain.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03131a.htm (772 words)

	Louis Durand, Joseph Moreau and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
		De LaTouche noted that their merchandise was in excess of the Frontenac permit, and de LaTouche confiscated what he thought to be the total of the excess merchandise and had it sold at an auction.
		Cadillac complained (probably correctly) that he could not possibly receive a fair hearing before the Intendant because the Intendant had already advised his adversary (Moreau) and had previously imposed a large fine on Cadillac for using brandy in his trade with the Indians.
		Cadillac declared that since he was refused a change of venue, he would appeal to a higher court (in France) and Governor Frontenac announced that he was not able to refuse this appeal until he received notice from the King’s Council in France.
	www.uwgb.edu /wisfrench/family/history/ldurand2.htm (3511 words)

	The Cadillac Coat of Arms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The name Cadillac was chosen in honor of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer who founded the City of Detroit in 1701; This coat of arms symbolizes pioneering and leadership in the motor car field.
		The Couronne or Coronet ensigning the arms of Cadillac is borne by the six ancient courts of France, and is emblematic of descents from the old counts of Toulouse, who were affiliated with the royal French stock.
		In these quarters, the colors used to denote that the marrage added to the fame of the family de la Mothe something besides broad acres - “marked by the prowess and boldness in action” for the red; “purity, charity, virtue and plenty” for the silver.
	www.hotrodder.com /caddy/crest.html (417 words)

	Cadillac The Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cadillac, as well as all of Michigan, observes Eastern Standard Time from the last Sunday of October until the first Sunday of April.
		Spring is exciting with its annual renewal of the lush foliage and flowers and the appearance of the much awaited March mushrooms.
		Cadillac previously was known as the Village of Clam Lake until 1843 when it was renamed in honor of the French explorer, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
	www.cadillac-mi.com /basics.html (378 words)

	Michigan Historical Marker: Cadillac Museum / Musée Cadillac
		Antoine Laumet was born in this house on March 5, 1658.
		Accompanied by one hundred troops of the Compagnie Franche de la Marine and nearly as many Indians, Cadillac claimed Detroit in the name of King Louis XIV, who had directed him to establish forts connecting Quebec and New Orleans.
		Lamet devint le Sieur de la Mothe Cadillac.
	www.michmarkers.com /Pages/S0564.htm (304 words)

	Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Of the minor Gascon nobility, he came to America in 1683 to seek his fortune and lived for a time at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, N.S.) and then on a grant of land in present-day Maine.
		He became a favorite of Frontenac, the governor of New France, and in 1694 he was placed in charge of the frontier post at Mackinac.
		Driven by demand: during a century of production, Cadillac has never wavered from its commitment to performance, innovation and style.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/Cadillac.asp (472 words)

	Antoine De La Mothe Cadillac
		CADILLAC, Antoine de la Mothe, founder of Detroit, born in Gascony, France, about 1660; died after 1717.
		The little settlement had among its enemies the Iroquois, the Jesuits, and all the Canadian officials, as Cadillac, unlike them, received his commission directly from the king: and, moreover, this post threatened to divert profitable trade from Montreal and Quebec.
		de Pontchartrain; another was built at Natchitoches, to prevent the Spaniards approaching the French colony.
	www.famousamericans.net /antoinedelamothecadillac (628 words)

	Antoine Laumet de La Mothe Cadillac -- Encyclopædia Britannica
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		An adventurous pilot and a lyrical poet, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry conveyed in his books the solitude and mystic grandeur of the early days of flight.
		An industrial and trade city in eastern Spain, Castellón de la Plana is situated 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Valencia on a fertile plain near the Mediterranean coast.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9018493 (786 words)

	Cadillac, Antoine de la Mothe. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 1699, Cadillac went to France to urge establishment of a post on the Detroit River, which he believed would offer a better strategic position against the English than Mackinac.
		Receiving a grant of land, trade privileges, and command of the new post, he set out with a band of colonists.
		Cadillac persuaded many Native Americans to settle near the new colony.
	www.aol.bartleby.com /65/ca/Cadillac.html (249 words)

	Conscious Choice: Cadillac's New Hog
		The car that’s long been known for its snob appeal, the car that’s emblazoned with the family crest of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the car that for generations has been the very symbol of America’s material wealth — that car now wants to be just one of the boys.
		It is, after all, still a Cadillac, so this pickup has a soft leather interior, a Bose sound system, and a $50,000 sticker price.
		Meanwhile Cadillac is in Washington lobbying against any toughening of the fuel economy standards.
	www.consciouschoice.com /2002/cc1507/hightower1507.html (254 words)

	Reference.com/Web Search/Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
		Cadillac was born at St. Nicolas de la
		Gascony, Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac was the son of simple middle-class...
		Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac was born in France in 1656.
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		Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, founder of Detroit, and the descendants of the Earl of Toulouse are not only immortalised by their names, but also by their coat of arms that can be found in the Cadillac blazon.
		The first logo, registered on August, 18th 1906, consisted of a decorated crown symbolising the French Royalty topped by a bouquet of tulipped leaves.
		The coat of arms were completed with a picture of a female flbird which is often found on the blazon, and taken from the coat of arms of la Mothe Cadillac.
	www.les3a.com /vang/cadillac/epoq_themes_03.htm (231 words)

	The Cadillac Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The highly-succesful Cadillac bore the name of the founder of Detroit.
		It was particulary appropriate, then, that Cadillac's new junior edition would also carry the name of a noted French nobleman and explorer - Rene Robert Cavelier de La-Salle, who in 1682 had claimed Louisiana for his King, Louis XIV.
		Factory historical records reveal that the first Cadillac was completed in October 17, 1902 in Detroit USA
	home.planet.nl /~nagte017/index.html (67 words)

	la mothe hotel on Nitronsearch : : Compare prices and read reviews on la mothe hotel in the UK
		Cadillac Was No Hero Frenchman Antoine de laMothe Cadillac founded the city Detroit in 1701.
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		Detroit was founded in 1701 by the French explorer and fur trapper Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac.
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